Tire carrier



Dec. 13, 1927. 1,652,296

. W. E. BEST TIRE CARRIER- Filed June 4. 1926 luverrron.

WILBUR. E. BEST- Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

'WI BUR mm: BEs'r', or SMITHS Farms, ONTARIO, CANADA.

' TIRE CARRIER.

Application fi led June 4,,1926, Seria1 No. 113,747, and in 'Ganada June 10,1925.

This invention relates to improvementsin tire carriers especially adapted for. appli:-' cationto motor vehicles and the objects of the invention are to provide a tire carrier adapted to hold a tire securely and having novel means whereby the same may be employed for expanding a the rim after the tire has been placed thereon and means for securing the tire rim to the holder whereby the loss of the tire is positively prevented.

A further object is to provide a tire carrier of neat appearance, durableand efficient I construction and which can be manufac tured and placed on the market at low price. Heretofore. a great deal of diiiiculty was experienced in spreading or expanding a tire rim and looking it in position with the tire thereon. Even under ideal conditions, and frequentlyin inconvenient and out- 559 of-the-way places,'a stubborn tire and rim will take from one to two hours to assemble. With myimproved device, however, it will be possible to make a 'complete change of tire and rim in a matter of minutes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description in which, it will be noted, the invention consists essentially in the combination with the tire rim and a pair of semi-circular sections, adjustably spaced at one point from one another by means of an adjustingscrew,

supporting spring members having means thereof adapted to engage with retaining means carried by said sections whereby pressure is automatically and continuously. exerted to contract the two sections.

Referring now to like characters of reference indicate corre-. sponding parts in-each figure, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tire carrier used as a rim spreader, the rim with tire thereon being in spread position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of my improved tire carrier, used as such, and showing the tire and rim in position. a

Figure 3 is an end view of the tire carrier, and Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2. I

In the drawings wherein, for the purpose of illustration, is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the body of an annulus compriswhich is in the form of '11 and are adapted of a pair ofthe drawings in which.

formed with 7 slots '7 I in one end thereof adapted toyform an-opening 8 to receive a tire valve 9. These slotted ends of the sections 6 are pivotally connected together at 10 while the other ends of the sections '6 are formed with enlarged portions 11 and to be arranged in spaced relationship to one another and connected to one another by means of an adjusting screw '12 with nut 12 thereon adapted,when operated, to draw the sections 6, hingedly mounted at 10, together and move them apart or, in other words, in combination with the the rim 13 to expand the latter.

As illustrated particularly in Figure at the sections 6 are provided with an external groove 18. which will prevent the rim from slipping or otherwise becoming disengaged.

For automatically exerting pressure on these sections to draw them together I provide a coil spring 14 adjacent the top connecting them and resilient supporting means 1n the form of a pair of spaced steel spring supporting members 16 and 17suitably bent or sprung and rigidly secured at their lower end to'a'plate 18, the upper ends being pro- VlClQCl wlthrigidly mounted block members 20 adapted to engage with securlng screws 21 carried by the enlarged portions 11 and 11 of the sections. As will be noted, in Figure 3 the'washers 22' areadapted to be positioned on the screws 21 between the menibers 6. and 20 respectively, the clearance thus created, combined with the steel, spring supports 16 and 17, allowing perfect freedom of, action'to the sections *6 when the adjust ing screw 12 isoperated to expand or to release the tire rim. a

Reference being now had to Figure 1 it will be observed that the member 11 isprovided with a slot 28 which houses the loose end of the adjusting screw 12, the other end of the screw 12'being pivotally mounted at 2 1 in the member 11*. Further, as regards tions 6 are'secured in the rim 13 of the tire so as firmly in position. When it is desired to remove the tire from the rim it is merely-neces sary to operate saidsections to automatically contract. The

the operation, the secfirm engagement with j tire may then be removed.

to hold the tire the member 12 to permit- Widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claim, constructed Without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the acconiipanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a tire carrier and in combination, a pair of hingedly connected semi-circular sec tions formed with slots in the hinged ends and provided with longitudinally extending grooves, a fraine a substantially U-shaped member of resilient metal, with curved sides, rigidly mounted on said frame and rigidly connected at each side tothe semi-circular sections whereby czilly contracted,

enlarged portions integral with said sections and an adjusting screw said'sections are automaticonnecting the sections whereby on the screw 20 being operated the sections are expanded.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

VILBUR ELLIOTT BEST. 

